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Current Affiliation

Professor

Contact Information

Mailing address:
University of Nevada, Reno
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/0258
Reno, NV 89557-0258
T: (775) 784-1519
F: (775) 784-4213
igbuckle@unr.edu

Physical address for express mailing:
1664 N. Virginia Street

Reno, NV 89557

Office location:
Scrugham Engineering and Mines (SEM), Room 111

Education

Research Interests

• Seismic design and performance of bridges and buildings
• Seismic design and retrofit criteria for highway bridges
• Earthquake protective systems for bridges (seismic isolation)
• Resilience of highway systems subject to earthquakes
• Large-scale laboratory and field testing of bridges
• Design and performance of bridges for differential temperature and live load impact
• Nonlinear analysis of structures subject to dynamic loads

Recent Publications

• Buckle, I.G., Protecting Concrete Structures From Earthquakes Using Seismic Isolation: From Concept to Reality, Jl. Japan Conc. Inst., 40 (1), 2002, pp 116-122 [in Japanese].
• Buckle, I., Nagarajaiah, S., and Ferrell, K., Stability of Elastomeric Isolation Bearings: Experimental Study, Jl. Structural. Eng., ASCE, 128 (1), 2002, pp 3-11.
• Chen, Q., Douglas, B.M., Maragakis, E.A., and Buckle I.G., Extraction of Hysteretic Properties of Seismically Isolated Bridges From Quick Release Field Tests, Jl. Earthquake Eng. Structural Dynamics, 31, 2002, pp 333-351.
• Buckle, I.G., AASHTO LRFD Limit State Design of Bridges With Emphasis on Seismic Performance, Foundation Design Codes and Soil Investigation in View of International Harmonization and Performance Based Design, Balkema, Tokyo, 2002, pp 17-30.
• Carden L.P., Itani, A.M., and Buckle I.G., Investigation of Composite Action in Steel Girder Bridge Superstructures Subjected to Transverse Earthquake Loading, Transportation Research Record, Jl. Trans. Res. Board, 1814, 2002, pp 245-252.
• Friedland I.M., Buckle I.G., and Lee, G.C., Highway Bridge Seismic Design, Jl. Earthquake Eng. and Eng. Vibration, 1 (1), 2002, pp 10-19.
• Itani, A.M., Bruneau, M., Carden, L.P., and Buckle, I.G., Seismic Behavior of Steel Girder Bridge Superstructures, Jl. Bridge Eng., ASCE, 9 (3), 2004, pp 243-249.
• Dusicka, P., Itani, A.M., and Buckle, I.G., Finite Element Investigation of Steel Built-Up Shear Links Subjected to Inelastic Deformations, Jl Earthquake Eng. and Eng. Vibration, 3 (2), 2004, pp 195-203.
• Buckle, I.G., Dusicka, P., and Itani, A.M., Development of Built-Up Shear Links as Energy Dissipators for the Seismic Protection of Long-Span Bridges, Bridge Structures, 1 (1), Taylor & Francis, 2005, pp 19-27.
• Carden, L.P., Itani, A.M., and Buckle, I.G., Seismic Performance of Steel Girder Bridges with Ductile Cross Frames Using Single Angle X Braces, Jl. Structural Eng., ASCE 132 (3), 2006, pp 329-337.
• Carden, L.P., Itani, A.M., and Buckle, I.G., Seismic Performance of Steel Girder Bridges with Ductile Cross Frames Using Buckling Restrained Braces, Jl. Structural Eng., ASCE 132 (3), 2006, pp 338-345.
• Buckle, I.G., Friedland, I.M., Mander, J.H., Martin, G.R., Nutt, R., and Power M., Seismic Retrofitting Manual for Highway Structures: Part 1- Bridges, Publication FHWA-HRT-06-032, Federal Highway Administration, Washington DC, 2006, 610pp.

Also published as Special Publication MCEER-06-SP10, Multidisciplinary Center for Extreme Events Research, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, 2006, 610pp.

• Buckle, I.G., Constantinou, M., Dicleli, M., and Ghasemi, H., Seismic Isolation of Highway Bridges, Special Publication MCEER-06-SP07, Multidisciplinary Center for Extreme Events Research, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, 2006, 171pp.

Courses Taught

Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions

• Chair, NEES Equipment Site Forum
• Vice Chair, Caltrans Seismic Advisory Board
• Member, Board of Directors, Asia-Pacific Network of Centers for Earthquake Engineering Research (ANCER)
• Member, Board of Directors, George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES Consortium Inc.)
• Member, Board of Directors, Nevada Earthquake Safety Council (NESC)
• Past President and Chair, Board of Directors, NEES Consortium Inc.
• Past Chair, Executive Committee, ASCE Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE)
• Past Chair, Transportation Research Board Committee AFF50, Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges
• Past Member, Board of Directors, Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE)